Cultural Relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. Cultural relativists believe that all cultures are worthy in their own right and are of equal value. Diversity of cultures‚ even those with conflicting moral beliefs‚ is not to be considered in terms of right and wrong or good and bad. Some believe that morality is relative to culture‚ but some believe that argument is invalid. Some also argue that there is such a
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cultures in the contemporary world where people and goods constantly (but not freely) move? How such cultures are daily being reproduced‚ commented upon and criticized‚ transformed‚ or newly produced? This course will introduce the field of socio-cultural anthropology through the exploration of some of its central topics‚ methods and theories. We refuse to see “culture” as a bounded “thing” in a particular place or as a fixed and timeless characteristic of a certain group of people. Instead‚ we
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North American clan‚ the Nacirema. Horace Miner seems to be particularly interested in the magical beliefs‚ practices‚ and rituals of the Nacirema clan. The “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” article shows many different examples of culture‚ cultural relativism‚ ethnocentrism‚ and qualitative research methodology. The sociological concept of culture is shown in nearly every paragraph of this article. Horace Miner clearly took a lot of time to learn as much about the Nacirema culture as he possibly
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communites are often part of nation states. Violence is often at the heart of those types of communities. -We are all neighbors documentary. - Terms: culture ethnocentrism ethnocentric fallacy relativism relativistic fallacy armchair anthropology participant observation fieldwork ethnographic method socio-cultural anthropology applied anthropology identity enculturation egocentric view of the self sociocentric view of the self gender third gender gender hierarchy hegemonic masculinity rite of passage
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Summer 2013 (June 6-July 11) MTWThF 10:00-11:30 am ANT F302 Cultural Anthropology (revised syllabus) Instructor: Prof. Pauline Strong E-Mail: pstrong@austin.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-8524 Office: SAC 4.130 Office Hours: after class‚ & by apt. Overview Materials This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology. It fulfills a Social Science and Cultural Diversity requirement. The main text: • Goals Students will emerge from the course with • • • • knowledge
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In ‘Patterns of Culture’‚ Ruth Benedict wrote‚ “Morality differs in every society‚ and is a convenient term for socially approved habits.” Cultural relativists have claimed the following; (1) different societies have different moral codes. (2) The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society. (3) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society’s code as better than another’s. (4) The moral code of our own society has no special status. And (5)‚ It is arrogant
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Miner: American Vs. Nacirema Horace Miner expresses both irony and ridicule towards the American culture in his article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”. He uses a sociological approach that is rather witty‚ using a fictitious North American group called the “Nacirema”. The views of this culture are much like our own‚ depicting the importance of societal status‚ wealth‚ health and appearance. Miner introduces the readers to a society living between Canada and Mexico‚ originated by a founder called
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Sociology Writing Assignment 3 First off‚ I want to say that this was a very interesting video. For people who think of Muslims as bad‚ hate filled people this would be an extremely good video to have them watch. I have friends who are Muslims so I have never seen them the way that Dave did or the way that some of the random people who were interviewed do. I had my mother watch it and she seemed to think afterwards that maybe they were ok people‚ whereas before‚ she used to complain about the
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of human ancestors (hominids) Closest living relatives (non-human primates) 2. Archaeology The human past through its material remains (dead people’s culture) 3. Cultural / Social Anthropology The culture of living people anywhere (in the city‚ the countryside‚ the 1st & 3rd World‚ etc.) 4. Anthropological Linguistics Language 5. Applied Anthropology
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that ethics are absolute too. For a person who believes ethics are truly relative‚ they evaluate acts as right or wrong based on their culture or the person. Ethical or moral relativism is the position in meta-ethics that morality is not universal‚ but that moral truths can be determined by factors relative to social‚ cultural‚ historical or personal circumstances. In the other hand‚ people who believe ethics are absolute‚ they support a set of rules that applies to everyone in general. Moral absolutism
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